ACFE Podcasts Fraud Talk is the ACFE's monthly podcast dedicated to helping professionals who fight fraud on a daily basis. In these sessions, we break down case studies, talk with the industry's leading experts and give you more tools you can use to spot, fight and prevent fraud.

Accounts Payable Clerk Steals $250,000 from Local Transit Entity

July 2015 - John E. “Jack” Little, CFE, CPA, Senior Lecturer of Accounting at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, examines a recent case in which an accounts payable clerk at the Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) diverted nearly $250,000 of cash out of TCAT accounts using a fraudulent check scheme.

Interviewing: The Only Element You Can Control is You

June 2015 - Jonathan Turner, Senior Director of Corporate Compliance at Wright Medical Technology, speaks about his top interviewing tips. From mistakes to best practices to his No. 1 piece of advice, Turner shares his tricks of the trade.

The Power of Data in Fraud Examinations

May 2015 - In this month’s episode, Jeremy Clopton, CFE, CPA, ACDA, Senior Managing Consultant of Forensic and Valuation Services at BKD, LLP, discusses the role of a company’s most protected, and useful, data when conducting fraud examinations.

Dog Shooting Leads to Discovery of Tax-dollar Misuse

April 2015 - In this month’s podcast, we speak with Jenell West, CFE, CPA, CIA, Forensic Accounting Manager at Rehmann Corporate Investigative Services in Troy, Michigan. West details an investigation in which she and her team discovered tax-dollar misuse in a county’s animal control department.

The Top 5 Fraud Headlines of 2014: Madoff employees, big bank settlements and more

December 2014 - ACFE VP and Program Director Bruce Dorris, J.D.,CFE, CPA, and VP of Education John Gill, J.D., CFE, analyze the year's top fraud headlines and discuss what their outcomes mean for 2015.

Executive to Whistleblower: "Don't Give Me That Ethics Crap!"

November 2014 - In this month's podcast, we speak with Robert Church, CFE, FCPA, CVA, Director of Healthcare Investigations at Forensic Strategic Solutions, about a fraud scheme that took place at DaVita Healthcare Partners in Colorado. DaVita, a provider of kidney dialysis services, recently paid $389 million to settle criminal and civil anti-kickback investigations and ended joint ventures with kidney doctors at 28 dialysis clinics.

Student Loan Fraud: Organized Crime in Education

September 2014 - This month, ACFE Regent Joseph Agins, Director of Ethics and Compliance Investigations for Apollo Education Group Inc. describes the inner workings of student loan frauds and how his fraud squad goes after the people behind the fraudulent applications.

Understand Your Allegation & More Tips to Conducting International Investigations

August 2014 - In this episode, John Gill, J.D., CFE, ACFE VP of Education speaks with Leah Lane, CFE, CFS, Director of Global Investigations at a large, multi-national company, about the key steps to take when conducting cross-border investigations.

Using Open Sources to Stop Online Fraud

July 2014 - Tyson Johnson, CFE, Vice President of Business Development at
BrightPlanet, discusses the value of using open source intelligence on the Deep Web and in social media to stop online fraud. Tyson will also be speaking at the 2014
ACFE Canadian Fraud Conference in Toronto

When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies

June 2014 - In this month's episode, Eric Feldman, CFE, Managing Director of Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs at Affiliated Monitors, discusses the distinct relationship between a strong ethics/compliance program and a company's bottom line.

What We Can Learn From Fraudsters

March 2014 - This month, Fraud Talk asks, and answers, the question, "What can we learn from fraudsters?" from the ACFE's VP of Education John Gill, J.D., CFE, and Allan Bachman, CFE, ACFE Education Manager.

Bitcoin Fraud: The Who, What, When, Where and Why

February 2014 - Jacob Parks, J.D, CFE, ACFE Research Specialist, gives FraudTalk listeners an inside look into the origins of a new form of digital currency, and the risks and fraud schemes associated with it.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The Key to Getting a Signed Statement

January 2014 - This month, Evy Poumpouras, on-air contributor for CNN, NBC, CBS and FOX regarding interview and investigative techniques speaks with John Gill, J.D., CFE and the ACFE's VP of Education. Evy advises listeners on the best ways to conduct an interview and get a signed statement.

A New York State of Fraud

December 2013 - In this month's podcast, Martin Biegelman, CFE, Executive Vice President of IPSA International, dissects a massive insurance fraud that ran for decades and cost insurers millions of dollars in New York City.